Calcutta, Feb 9 :     To curb the sale of fake tea under the 'Darjeeling' tag, the Tea Board has introduced a certification mark scheme for Darjeeling teas. The scheme will make it mandatory for all producers, packers, exporters and overseas importers to seek certification from the Tea Board for using the Darjeeling label. Addressing a press conference here today, Tea Board chairman S.S. Ahuja said, 'All producers, packers, exporters and overseas importers of Darjeeling tea, who wish to use the word 'Darjeeling' with regard to tea or any of its derivatives produced, grown, cultivated and manufactured in the scheduled tea gardens will have to apply to the Tea Board for the certification mark.' This is in addition to the Darjeeling logo, which has been internationally registered under the certification trade mark laws. Besides, the board has identified 87 gardens in Darjeeling under the Geographical Indication of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999. In order to use the mark, a producer/trader of Darjeeling tea will have to obtain a recommendation from the Darjeeling Planters' Association, or the Calcutta Tea Traders' Association, or the Siliguri Tea Auction Committee. The Tea Board will issue a user licence to the applicant after scrutinising the information furnished. A licensee will have to pay an annual fee of $ 250 (Rs 10,000) for the use of the trade mark. Further, a holder of the user licence has to apply for a consignment-wise certificate of origin from the Tea Board, whether for export purposes or for selling in the domestic market. Regarding the production scenario this year, Ahuja said that the season has started on a good note and there has been rainfall in north and south India. 'We have already received a 5,000 tonne export order from Iraq under the food-for-oil programme,' he added.